Pattridge v. Starks

|!Billy Joe Edwards challenges a damage award- of $600,000 against him and in favor of Endurall, Inc., for the violation of a noncompete agreement. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

The background of this dispute is set forth in Pattridge v. Starks, 50,135 (La.App.2d Cir.11/18/15), 181 So.3d 192 (“Pattridge II”). Briefly, in 2004, four investors 1 formed a Louisiana company, Endu-rall, Inc., to manufacture and sell rod guides to the oil and gas industry. The investors all signed a noncompete agreement stating that if any of them were terminated as shareholders, they would not compete…